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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:14 PM Apr 2020

Nicole Wallace just showed clips from a reopen rally

and one of the protesters had on a knit cap with a swastika on it. Crickets from Wallace. Why aren't journalists pointing things like this out?






Roger Ogden, the guy organizing the pro-COVID "protest" in San Diego, is a known white supremacist who has astroturfed a number of "Patriot" rallies over the years. Local news does a major disservice not explaining who he is - like he's just some guy.


If you look at these city by city, look who is organizing them. Look at the names and the organizations. They are either white supremacists or white supremacist-adjacent. They are proxies. These are not organic protests.

Not to say that there aren't people buying in. Those people are generally what are known as "useful idiots." It is truly embarrassing that people are so willing to be led by the nose, but that's who they were all along.

Yup. This "protest" horseshit started right when stories began to appear that the virus was ravaging communities of color (as did the coordinated public calls from other proxies to "open the economy.&quot
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Nicole Wallace just showed clips from a reopen rally (Original Post) octoberlib Apr 2020 OP
Want to see these idiots go home? Zoonart Apr 2020 #1
Very true! Pacifist Patriot Apr 2020 #6
Similar View I Posted Earlier ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #11
Perhaps She Didn't See It sfstaxprep Apr 2020 #2
I disagree. Nichole Wallace has more than a bad habit of ignoring rightwing key points. BComplex Apr 2020 #3
The swastika guy was the only person in the clip , a reporter was interviewing him. octoberlib Apr 2020 #4
A picture is worth 1,000 words? elleng Apr 2020 #5
Sadly, in this day and age, no. John Fante Apr 2020 #8
It's usually the right wing that demeans the media, but I am so damned tired of the press BigDemVoter Apr 2020 #7
There were several with the iron cross emblem procon Apr 2020 #9
THIS malaise Apr 2020 #10
#LockTrumpUp #TrumpCoronavirusTestFailure trueblue2007 Apr 2020 #12

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
2. Perhaps She Didn't See It
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:17 PM
Apr 2020

She has a lot of stuff to deal with. She's doing a fair job, and is firmly on the right side of this issue, so don't place blame on her for what could be an oversight.

BComplex

(7,977 posts)
3. I disagree. Nichole Wallace has more than a bad habit of ignoring rightwing key points.
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:34 PM
Apr 2020

She's had a long job history of rightwing associations, and even though she's APPARENTLY seen the light about some of the rightwing bullshit, I think her heart is mostly still on the right side of her chest.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
4. The swastika guy was the only person in the clip , a reporter was interviewing him.
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:36 PM
Apr 2020

Nicole might have thought the image spoke for itself and that's why she aired it. I do wish some newspaper reporters would dig into this , though.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
8. Sadly, in this day and age, no.
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 04:15 PM
Apr 2020

Neo-Nazis and white supremacists (like WH employee Stephen Miller) are more normalized than ever.

Pointing out the inorganic nature of these protests would be most welcome right now.

BigDemVoter

(4,149 posts)
7. It's usually the right wing that demeans the media, but I am so damned tired of the press
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:58 PM
Apr 2020

not holding these assholes accountable. I am sick of them giving free air time to the Orange Anus for 2 hours every day with no critical questions, whatsoever, and I'm SICK of these protests with NO real journalism. Training a camera on these people and filming them is NOT journalism.

malaise

(267,784 posts)
10. THIS
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 04:21 PM
Apr 2020

Yup. This "protest" horseshit started right when stories began to appear that the virus was ravaging communities of color (as did the coordinated public calls from other proxies to "open the economy."

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